Richmond News
Richmond city council will allow single-family lots in Richmond to be stratified into three or four units, depending on the size of the lot.
Some lots close to transit will even allow six stratified units.
This decision follows provincial legislation requiring municipalities to change their bylaws to allow densification in single-family neighbourhoods – affecting about 25,000 properties in Richmond.
But the vote at city council was not unanimous.
In fact, Coun. Carol Day suggested partial stratification – two stratified units where three housing units are permitted and three stratified units where four are permitted – to encourage some rental units to be built.
Mayor Malcolm Brodie was in favour of Day’s motion, saying feedback from builders indicate they probably wouldn’t build more than two or three units on single-family lots.
“I worry if we go with 100 per cent strata, there’s no going back,” Brodie said.
The amendment, however, was defeated with only Couns. Day, Michael Wolfe, Laura Gillanders and the mayor voting for it. …